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Blog postWe're excited to announce our latest release, Get Yourself Up: Motivation and Inspiration to Keep Pressing Forward for the Next Generation by Alma L. Carr-Jones.
About the book:
From a Kept Child who Keeps on Keeping On
The cup of author Alma L. Carr-Jones runs over with the need to tell her story about God’s lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness!
We present to you The Tallest Mountain in My World Inspirational Series, with this first book in the s -
Blog postWe're thrilled to announce our latest release, The Grumpy Puddle, written by Tammy Abernathy and illustrated by Deirdre Burnside.
About the Book:
"Is the sky grumpy at me?" Thunderstorms can be quite scary for young children. For Anna, the storms not only frighten her, they interrupt her favorite activity — playing outside with her toys.
One day, she is playing outside with her mother when a thunderstorm approaches. She grows quite apprehensive at the sight -
Blog postWe're excited to announce the release of Estelle Herndon's latest book, KC's New Friend, beautifully illustrated by Samantha Bell.
We first met this cute mouse last year in KC's Christmas Discovery, and this summer, she made a new friend. This sweet story was created by Essie's great grandson Brax, when he began talking about children making friends in school.
About the Book:
Sometimes, you just need to take that first step … Come hang out with KC the Mouse aga -
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Blog postWe're excited to announce the release of an updated version of The Extraordinary Presence of God: True Stories of Faith and Courage in Ordinary Lives by Ann White Knowles.
The book was first released by Write Integrity Press when it was owned by TMP Books publisher Tracy Ruckman. The author's rights were returned, so Tracy offered to publish this lovely and encouraging book under the TMP imprint.
The Extraordinary Presence of God is filled with true stories written by m -
Blog postWe're thrilled to announce the release of Estelle H. Herndon's latest book, KC's Christmas Discovery.
KC is a cute little mouse who is awakened one night by loud noises. Always curious, she creeps out from her room to make an exciting discovery that soon changes her life.
Come meet KC and learn about her Christmas discovery!
Children may discover something new awaiting them inside this story, too.
In this delightful story, KC introduces children to Jesus as she discovers -
Blog postLife presents challenges to each of us every day in a variety of ways. Our faith is challenged as we pray seeking answers, and then strengthened as we recognize God’s presence in the midst of our pain.Further Still provides a glimpse into the author’s life as she journeyed through difficult seasons with her sick children. The daily devotionals offer a touch of hope and encourage readers to lean into Jesus when life gets so hard we aren’t sure where to turn.The book includes journal pages for you
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Blog postWe're excited to announce the release of The Young Storyteller's Prompt and Draw Series by Tracy Ruckman.
This series of twelve books encourages children to create their own stories from simple prompts. Lined pages with the prompts and plenty of work space for illustrating their stories, too!
About the Series:
Encourage Children to Write and Illustrate their Own Stories!
The Young Storyteller’s Prompt and Draw Series offers basic prompts to gui -
Blog postWe're excited to announce the release of our latest book, A Dog and His Bone, written by Mister Brock and illustrated by Stephen Low.
About the Book:
A selfish young dog called Rufus goes in search of his beloved bone and finds three new toys even more amazing. But he isn't the only one who wants them ...
Available on Amazon
Available on Kindle
About the Authors:
Mister Brock and Stephen Low met in 2010 when they were b -
Blog postWe're excited to announce our latest release, a cute picture book written by Mary T. Jacobs and illustrated by Marci Thacker.
Available on Amazon in paperback. (Kindle version coming soon!)
Grandfather and Big Daddy plan an exciting road trip on their way to a family reunion, planning to leave Cousin Rico behind. But Rico has a surprise in store that soon lands him in big trouble. In this grand adventure, Rico learns the love and care of family and friends to help them all have a hap -
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Blog postWe're honored to announce our latest book release, A Sincere Heart by Phee Paradise.
“It is a wonderfully thrilling feeling to hear that Esther wants to work for the Lord on the foreign mission field. I should list the qualifications as follows: Formal education, augmented by a good knowledge of the Bible: zeal for God’s work, held in leash by good common sense: Practical knowledge of Christian work, especially of the way to lead souls to God: sound health and health habits. The kno -
Blog postA client asked for a list of narrators for her short short video, so I decided to compile a list for the blog.
Dottie Coffman
Sample: Interview with Fay Lamb on SoundCloud from 2015
Facebook
E-mail
Karen Allen
Sample: Reading her book at the school library
E-mail
Nancy Carmichael
Sample: Podcast on SoundCloud
Facebook
Sally Hanan
Sample: Several demos on this -
Blog postToday, I'm delighted to introduce you to Phee Paradise, one of our newest authors at TMP, but one of our original writers and supporters when we began the Pix-N-Pens blog back in 2007, before the publishing companies were ever a thought. Her latest book, A Sincere Heart, a biography of her grandfather, a missionary in China, will release after the first of the year.
Favorite Christmas Memory
When I was a child, every Christmas Eve the whole family gathered to listen to -
Blog postToday's featured author is Dana Morgan-Murphy.
Favorite Christmas Memory
My favorite Christmas memory was a few years ago I gave my 4 boys (all in their 20's)
matching Christmas boxers and a script for a Christmas rap song I'd written about the 4 of them. They had to perform outside in their boxers and work boots ... no shirt ... Christmas Day! It was a ball!!!
Favorite Christmas Tradition
My favorite tradition is giving my -
Blog postDialogue can make or break your story.
How many times have you read a book where the characters didn't "sound" right? Could you identify why?
Here are some common pitfalls we see regularly:
Lack of contractions. Very rarely do we encounter folks who don't use contractions. They're a common way of speaking. It's okay to include one character who doesn't use contractions in their speech - that could be one way to identify that particular character w -
Blog postMost of my fiction - novels, short stories, and screenplays - start with location, because places intrigue and inspire me.
One question I encounter often is: should I set my story somewhere real, or create a fictional story world?
The best answer for that question is: It depends.
If you write sci-fi or fantasy, most likely your story world will be fictional and you will need to create it from top to bottom, inside and out.
If you write most any -
Blog postToday, we start a new series on fiction writing, with our eyes on NANOWRIMO 2017. I hope our posts will be helpful and serve as a great "warm-up" for the big event, and be useful to anyone wanting to write fiction, whether you're participating in NANO or not.
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National Novel Writing MonthNANOWRIMO? I hear some of you asking.
NANOWRIMO is the acronym for National Novel Writing Month which takes place every year during the month of Novemb -
Blog postWhen it comes to marketing your books, think outside the box. Yes, everyone does bookmarks, websites, business cards, but what is unique about your book that you could use to draw attention?
For fiction writers, draw on your characters' personalities, hobbies, hometown, occupation, or idiosyncrasies to create a contest or marketing memes.
Create a float for your town's homecoming or Christmas parade and ride in it as one of the characters. (With a book cover image plast -
Blog postAlthough writing is a solitary profession for the most part, when you get ready to market your book, you need a team. This team, sometimes referred to as a street team or a tribe,
serves as your immediate marketing team - they help get the word out about your book.
A team can be as simple as a small group of family or friends who tell others about your book, or as complex as an entire network of people (some may be acquaintances or even strangers) who promote your book for re -
Blog postWe asked FB and Twitter friends to send us questions about marketing so we could provide some answers. Questions and answers are below.
Why do authors have to do the marketing? Why don't publishers do it for them? ~ from Phee Paradise and Grace Brooks
Marketing is a cost that larger publishers once absorbed and recouped with book sales, but now is mostly obsolete. If an author has a huge platform (celebrity or public figure status), the publisher will likely send the author on tour o -
Blog postWriters fall into one of those frustrating "Catch-22" situations with their books: the big publishing companies require authors to have a platform before they'll offer a contract, but it's hard for authors to build a platform without the book.
Thankfully, small presses and self-publishing companies usually don't have a platform requirement, but one is still necessary.
What exactly is a platform? And why is one needed?
Your platform is your podium -
Blog postToday, we launch a new series on marketing. Each post in the series will address a different aspect of marketing your books. In this post, we want to help you define your audience.
Writers, who do you write for?
I know some writers who say they write for themselves. This post isn't for those writers.
This post is for the writers who write for others.
Weekly, I receive e-mails from writers who tell me their audience is the entire world. While we -
Blog postMy favorite books over time all have a distinct author voice, and I'm sure yours do, too. But what exactly is author voice?
Let's compare books. If you're not familiar with some on my list, think of your favorite books and compare them with each other to discover the author voice in each one.
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell vs. Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Nero Wolfe series by Rex Stout vs. The Alphabet series by Sue Graft -
Blog postDaily, I get e-mails that say, “I want to write a book, but I don’t even know where to start. Can you help me?” I decided a blog post might be helpful. Feel free to e-mail me if you have other questions and I’ll be glad to help.
The publishing industry has changed drastically in the past 10 years, and has opened wide the field for anyone to publish a book. Now you have choices that have not been an option before. As you begin this journey, there are several questions to ask yourself -
Blog postOne of the steps writers take before sending a manuscript to an editor or publisher is the final read-through. Here's a quick list of things to check before you hit 'send':
Spacing - check for both line spacing and word spacing.Word spacing: If you've used double spacing after sentences, get rid of those. In today's computer world, double spacing is a no-no. You can easily get rid of the double spacing using the Replace feature in Word: click on Replace, then put the cursor in the F
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